HSC Science कक्षा १२ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

What did Hillary do with his wet boots?

Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.

Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?

What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?

When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?

What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?

How did the mountaineers belay?

Why was the original zest fading away?

What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?

What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?

What did the photograph portray?

The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?

How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?

Given below are some idiomatic expressions with their meanings. Understand the meaning.

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who______ tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

The team ______carefully so as to reach the summit successfully

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

When they had to climb through deep new snow the party sometimes had to______.

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

Each member of the team had all their ______.  

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were ______to the top. 

Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.

The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to ______.